Mélanie Bonis
French composer
Mélanie Hélène "Mel" Bonis (21 January 1858 – 18 March 1937) was a prolific French late-Romantic composer. She wrote more than 300 pieces, including works for piano solo and four hands, organ pieces, chamber music, mélodies, choral music, a mass, and works for orchestra. She attended the Paris Conservatoire, where her teachers included César Franck, Ernest Guiraud, and Auguste Bazille.
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Works
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- 5 Pièces pour piano, op. 109
- Album pour les tout-petits, op. 103
- Andante et Allegro, op. 133
- Miocheries, op. 126
- Quatuor no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 69
- Quatuor no. 2 in D major, op. 124
- Scènes de la forêt, op. 123
- Scènes enfantines, op. 92
- Six pièces à quatre mains (dont deux très faciles), op. 130
- Six valses-caprice, op. 87
- Soir, matin, op. 76
- Sonata for Flute and Piano in C-sharp minor, op. 64
- Sonate pour violon et piano
- Sonate pour violon et piano, op. 112
- Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
- Suite dans le style ancien, op. 127/1
- Suite en forme de valses
- Suite for Flute, Violin, and Piano, op. 59
- Suite orientale, op. 48
- Trois mélodies
- Trois mélodies, op. 91
Box sets & recent recordings
- The Echoes of Women - International Women's Day 2024 — Agnes Obel, Germaine Tailleferre, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Clara Schumann, Mel Bonis, Elena Kats-Chernin, Fanny Mendelssohn, Louise Farrenc, Lili Boulanger (2024) box set · 43 tracks Spotify
- Mel Bonis: Il pleut!, Op. 102 — Mel Bonis, Carmen Stefanescu (2026) Spotify
- Bonis: Allegretto non troppo, Op. 84 — Mel Bonis, Elena Urioste, Tom Poster (2026) Spotify
- Mel Bonis: Orchestral Works — Mel Bonis, Elizabeth Watts, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (2026) Spotify
- Bonis: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. 1 — Mel Bonis, Mengyiyi Chen (2023) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.